Bob Gurr GurrDesign, Inc. POSITIONS HELD President, GurrDesign, Inc. 1981-Present Co-Founder, Sequoia Creative, Inc. 1984-1989 Vice-President, Engineering, Applied Entertainment Systems, 1983-1984 Designer, WED Enterprises, Inc. Walt Disney Company 1954-1981 R.H. Gurr, Industrial Design dba 1953-1954 Designer, George W. Walker, Industrial Design 1953 Designer, Ford Motor Company, Lincoln Studio 1952-1953 BOB GURR Design Consultant Bob Gurr`s Philosophy of life comes from a quote by Malcom Forbes. "While alive, live." And Bob does. His serendipitous career began with an eight-month stint in 1952 at Ford Motor Company in Detroit after graduation from Art Center School. After realizing in two weeks that it would be a "dead end job," Bob was asked to join George Walker Industrial Design, but within the first year decided to move back to Southern California. In 1953 he bought a rubber stamp and an invoice pad, and inaugurated R.H. Gurr Industrial Design - a company of one, whose first big job was to consult with the Walt Disney Studios on the design of mini cars for a project called Autopia. Walt Disney was so impressed with Bob`s work that he hired him as a permanent employee in his recently formed company, WED Enterprises - whose sole mission was to design and build Disneyland. During his three decade employment with WED, Bob worked on over 100 designs for attractions that include the Disneyland and Walt Disney World Monorails, Matterhorn Bobsleds. The memorable Flying Saucers, and the original Abraham Lincoln "Audio-Animatronics" figure for the 1964-1965 Ney York World`s Fair, along with the Ford Motor Company`s Magic Skyway Ride.
In 1981, Bob took an early retirement from WED to start his own firm GurrDesign, Inc. In 1984, he teamed up with two former imagineers to form Sequoia Creative, Inc. The firm specialized in "leisure time spectaculars" and spectacular beasts, such as Universal Studios Tour`s King Kong and Conan`s serpent. Two of Bobs all-time favorite projects were the mysterious UFO that flew over the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics and the animated "spiders" for Michael Jackson`s "Victory" tour. While consulting on new attraction ideas for WDI`s R&D department, Steven Spielberg asked Bob to help design the T-Rex animated figure for the all-time hit film "Jurassic Park". After Designing the sinking ship for the Treasure Island Pirate Battle Show in Las Vegas, Bob continued with more "wild" Las Vegas showbiz spectaculars such as the mechanical sets for the MGM EFX show, and the Rio Masquerade Floats. Bob also engineered the mechanical action for the giant "Godzilla" animated creature for the 1998 Tri-Star film for Patrick Tatopoulis Designs, Inc.